PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment and Support Allowance (2 May 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of mandatory reconsiderations have upheld the original decision on employment support allowance in each of the last three years.

Asked by:
Matt Western (Labour)

Answer

The number of Mandatory Reconsiderations for Employment Support Allowance (ESA), by decision type, can be found in the official published statistics: “ESA: outcomes of Work Capability Assessments including mandatory reconsiderations and appeals: March 2018”. The relevant data can be found in Table 14.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/esa-outcomes-of-work-capability-assessments-including-mandatory-reconsiderations-and-appeals-march-2018


Answered by:
Sarah Newton (Conservative)
9 May 2018

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